I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown

The host of Food Network's "Good Eats" entertains and informs viewers with a lively mix of wit blended with wisdom, history mixed with pop culture, and science combined with common sense. This companion cookbook presents an instruction manual for the kitchen, combining 60 wide-ranging recipes with a wealth of culinary information that allows anyone--at any level of expertise--to understand the whys and wherefores of cooking.